Enhanced attention-dependent activity in the auditory cortex of older musicians

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-63

  Zendel, Benjamin Rich ^a,b   Alain, Claude ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory; Auditory cortex; Event related potentials; Musical training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEPENDENT ACTIVITY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MUSICAL TRAINING; MUSICIAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGING; AUDITORY; AUDITORY CORTEX; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; MUSICAL TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885173868     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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